I was with a friend who I primarily know from the Internet and had never met. I went up to his area and went to a bar he frequents and knows the bartender. So I'm sitting at the bar and he introduces me to the bartender and eventually the bartender asks me 5 favorite movies of all time. I don't go out to the movies and can't really come up with the answer. Combine that with the fact that he knew alot of the people in the bar. It was almost like a cheers situation with my friend being Norm. I felt so out of place and I felt like I embarrassed him too. Otherwise the day went fine.

Jason

_________________________"Being with people that understand you...Priceless"

"and i don't want the world to see me, cause i don't think that they'd understand"

"You don't know what love is...you just do as your told"

"My life has changed. What you take as a simple thing, is not so simple for me anymore"

I can relate, I have spent so much time managing a sence of cohesion that I am socially awkward a lot of the time. I try and stay in the back ground and have learned to redirect conversations to cover it up. Sort of works as long as you keep moving and don't give any one to much access. Tough duble bind. Isolation is bad, but being real and vulnerable not so easy.

And how do you find a safe person anyway.I have found people fall into "Less Safe and More Safe"

As soon as I feal the odd man out the others are less safe.

Regards, SS

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Just because it's complicated doesn't mean we can't figure it out.

I have ALWAYS felt like the odd man out. I walk into a room and people start laughing, it's at me. I walk into a room and people start/stop talking, it's about me. I would say I'm narcissistic but that implies that I think I'm "so great" which is the opposite of the truth.

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"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." -Daliai Lama

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